A shipwrecked group of 19 children: Danish children of foreign fighters
(2024) MRSM15 20241Human Rights Studies
- Abstract
- This thesis displays how Danish courts represent Danish children of foreign fighters situated in the al-Roj camp in Syria. Through the use of Carol Bacchi’s ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’-approach to poststructural policy analysis in combination with a theoretical framework of children born of war (CBOW) and the Copenhagen School’s theory of securitization, the thesis answers two main questions: How can the cases of children of foreign fighters in al-Roj be included in a children born of war framework?, and How are the Danish children and their mothers in al-Roj represented in Danish courts? It is concluded that the cases of children of foreign fighters i al-Roj can be included in the CBOW framework by adding a fifth category to... (More)
- This thesis displays how Danish courts represent Danish children of foreign fighters situated in the al-Roj camp in Syria. Through the use of Carol Bacchi’s ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’-approach to poststructural policy analysis in combination with a theoretical framework of children born of war (CBOW) and the Copenhagen School’s theory of securitization, the thesis answers two main questions: How can the cases of children of foreign fighters in al-Roj be included in a children born of war framework?, and How are the Danish children and their mothers in al-Roj represented in Danish courts? It is concluded that the cases of children of foreign fighters i al-Roj can be included in the CBOW framework by adding a fifth category to Ingvill Mochmann’s conceptualization of CBOW, namely: Children of foreign fighters. It is further concluded that since the representation of the children of foreign fighters in al-Roj in Danish courts have similarities to children born of World War II, this category is applicable in Mochmann’s theoretical framework. It is concluded that by structurally adopting a discourse of existential threats through potential terrorism, it is legitimized to give less weight to the importance of wellbeing of the Danish children in al-Roj, and more weight to the importance of the potential threats their mothers pose. This characterizes the representation of mothers and children in the Danish courts. (Less)
- Popular Abstract
- This thesis displays how Danish courts represent Danish children of foreign fighters situated in the al-Roj camp in Syria. Through the use of Carol Bacchi’s ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’-approach to poststructural policy analysis in combination with a theoretical framework of children born of war (CBOW) and the Copenhagen School’s theory of securitization, the thesis answers two main questions: How can the cases of children of foreign fighters in al-Roj be included in a children born of war framework?, and How are the Danish children and their mothers in al-Roj represented in Danish courts? It is concluded that the cases of children of foreign fighters i al-Roj can be included in the CBOW framework by adding a fifth category to... (More)
- This thesis displays how Danish courts represent Danish children of foreign fighters situated in the al-Roj camp in Syria. Through the use of Carol Bacchi’s ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’-approach to poststructural policy analysis in combination with a theoretical framework of children born of war (CBOW) and the Copenhagen School’s theory of securitization, the thesis answers two main questions: How can the cases of children of foreign fighters in al-Roj be included in a children born of war framework?, and How are the Danish children and their mothers in al-Roj represented in Danish courts? It is concluded that the cases of children of foreign fighters i al-Roj can be included in the CBOW framework by adding a fifth category to Ingvill Mochmann’s conceptualization of CBOW, namely: Children of foreign fighters. It is further concluded that since the representation of the children of foreign fighters in al-Roj in Danish courts have similarities to children born of World War II, this category is applicable in Mochmann’s theoretical framework. It is concluded that by structurally adopting a discourse of existential threats through potential terrorism, it is legitimized to give less weight to the importance of wellbeing of the Danish children in al-Roj, and more weight to the importance of the potential threats their mothers pose. This characterizes the representation of mothers and children in the Danish courts. (Less)
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- author
- Marcussen, Sara Buus LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Legal representations of the Danish children in al-Roj
- course
- MRSM15 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- children born of war, human rights, CRC, Islamic State, foreign fighters, al-Roj, al-Hawl, WPR, Copenhagen School, Securitization
- language
- English
- additional info
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This thesis, particularly chapter 2, includes topics and examples of sexual and gender based violence against women and children. It is not the intention of the author to cause distress or re-traumatization of the reader. Please seek help if you are affected. - id
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- date added to LUP
- 2024-10-04 10:42:04
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abstract = {{This thesis displays how Danish courts represent Danish children of foreign fighters situated in the al-Roj camp in Syria. Through the use of Carol Bacchi’s ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’-approach to poststructural policy analysis in combination with a theoretical framework of children born of war (CBOW) and the Copenhagen School’s theory of securitization, the thesis answers two main questions: How can the cases of children of foreign fighters in al-Roj be included in a children born of war framework?, and How are the Danish children and their mothers in al-Roj represented in Danish courts? It is concluded that the cases of children of foreign fighters i al-Roj can be included in the CBOW framework by adding a fifth category to Ingvill Mochmann’s conceptualization of CBOW, namely: Children of foreign fighters. It is further concluded that since the representation of the children of foreign fighters in al-Roj in Danish courts have similarities to children born of World War II, this category is applicable in Mochmann’s theoretical framework. It is concluded that by structurally adopting a discourse of existential threats through potential terrorism, it is legitimized to give less weight to the importance of wellbeing of the Danish children in al-Roj, and more weight to the importance of the potential threats their mothers pose. This characterizes the representation of mothers and children in the Danish courts.}},
author = {{Marcussen, Sara Buus}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{A shipwrecked group of 19 children: Danish children of foreign fighters}},
year = {{2024}},
}